Washing-machine.



C. A. SHIVE.

WASHING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT.15. 1905.

PATENTED SEPT 17, 1907.

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G. A. SHIVE. WASHING MACHINE. APPLIOATION 211.111) SEPT. 15, 1905.

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UNITED s'rA ssEA'rENT OFFICE.

CALVIN SHIVE, OF INEEPENDENCE, KANSAS, ASSI GNOR TO THE PEERLESSPROMOTING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PHCENIX, ARIZONA TERRITORY.

WASHING-MACHINE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 17, .1907.

Application filed September 15,1905. Serial No. 278,581.

To all whom rt may concern:

Be it known that I, CALVIN A. SHWE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Independence, in the county of Montgomery, State of Kansas,have invented cer' tain new and useful Improvements in Washing-Machines;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full. clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to washing machines.

One object of the invention is to provide a Washing machine embodyingsuch characteristics that the body of the machine may have anoscillating movement by a continuously driven shaft.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a simple,inexpensive, durable and efficient washing machine wherein the clothesmay be thoroughly washed without tearing or otherwise injuring the same.

With these and other objects in view, the present invention consists inthe combination and arrrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and particularlypointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size and minor details may be made, within thescope of the claims, without departing from the spirit or sacrificingany of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 2 is atransverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a lace view of one end of theclothes receiving body illustrating the arc-shaped rack and guide. Fig.4 is a detail view of one of the journal bearings for the clothesreceiving bod y. Fig. 5 is afragmentary view illustrat ing the mountingof the yielding shaft within the guides disposed against the inner faceof the corresponding end of the frame. Fig. 6 is a detail view of theblock arranged for sliding movement between the guides. Fig. 7 is a planview of the gear drive. Fig. 8 is a fragmental perspective view of therack formed on one end of the body of the machine.

tcferrin'g now more particularly to the accompanying drawings, it willbe seen that the body 1 of the machine is mounted within a suitable,frame 2. The ends 3 and 4 of this frame 2 are circular as shown, eachhaving forward and rearward feet 5 and 6 to support the circular shapedends above the floor or ground. Connecting the ends 3 and 4 betweentheirlegs 5 and (i is a connecting brace 7.v The inner faces of the ends3 and 4 are reduced in thickness throughout their lower portioncorresponding to the semicircular ends Sand 9 of the semi-circularshaped bottom 10 of the frame, there being an opening 11 formed throughthe end 8 of the bottom of the frame and alining with a perforation inthe bottom of the end 3 of the frame for the insertion of a short tube12 designed for the passage of water from the frame.

Secured to the inner faces of the respective ends 3 and 4 of the frameare suitable hanging bearings 13 and 14, each bearing having a groove 15formed in its outer face, which groove 15 communicates with a somewhatdeeper groove 16 formed in the lower end of each hearing, the side wallsof the deeper groove 16 diverging upwardly to permit of the readyinsertion of the corresponding trunnions 17 of the clothes washing body1 within the frame. "It will be seen that the body portion connectingthe ends of the clothes receiving body is of corrugated material andprovided with internal ribs A, which ribs obviously agitate the clotheswhich together with the suction caused by reason of the perforations 52of the clothes receiving body result in the clothes being always at thebottom of the said body.

Formed through the side 4 of the frame near the upper end thereof is aperforation 17 in which is fitted the flanged neck 18 of a plate 19secured in any suitable manner to the outer face of said side 4, thesaid plate 19 having a perforation 20 concentric with the perforation17, there being a plate 21 secured in any suitable manner to the outerface of the aforesaid plate 19 and provided with a perforation 22 foralinement with the perforations l7 and 20 for a purpose presentlyexplained.

Secured in any suitable manner to the outer face of the side 4 isbearing block 23 which is arranged preferably in alincmcnt with theaforesaid plates 19 and 21 and of such thickness as to correspond withthe thick-' ness of both of the aforesaid plates. Disposed upon thisbearing block 23 and upon the aforesaid plate 21 are strips 24 and 25connecting which is a plate 26.

It will thus be seen that the plate 26 is spaced from the block 23 andthe plate 21 which space is provided for the large and small gcar wheels27 and 28, the larger gca-r wheel 27 being fixedly mounted upon theshaft 29 journalcd n the plate 26 and the block 23 and arranged for meshwith the smaller gear wheel 28 which latter is fixedly secured upon theshaft 30 journaled through i the said plate 26 and the perforation 22 ofthe plate 21.

This shaft 30 has its inner end provided with oppositely disposedlingers 31 and 32 adapted to embrace a ball 33 and be secured theretothrough the instrumentality of a suitable pivot pin 34, there beinganother shaft 35 provided with fingers 36 and 37 adapted to embrace thesaid ball 33 and be connected thereto with the fingers 36 and 37intermediate the aforesaid fingers 31 and 32, theconncction between saidfingers 36 and 37 being made through the instrumentality of a suitablepivot pin 38'arrangcd at a direct right angle to the plane of theaforesaid pivot pin 34. It

will be seen that the shaft 35, which is in reality a sectional partofthe shaft 30, projects somewhat within the interior of the frame andit is obvious that when the shaft 30 is revolved, that the shaft 35 isrevolved with it and in the same direction. A pinion 39 isfixedlysecured to the free extremity of the short shaft 35 adjacentwhich and upon the shaft 35 is loosely mounted a guide block 40 whoseopposite sides are flanged as indicated by the reference characters 41and 42 respectively whereby the said block 40 may be guided upon theinwardly curved guides 43 and 44 which are spaced apart and providedwith feet portions 45 whereby the said guide members 43 and 44 may befixedly secured by means of suitable fasteners 46 to the inner face ofthe side 4 adjacent the aforesaid perforation 17 of the latter. Byreason of the peculiar connection between the short shafts 30 and 35,there is provided a universal joint, the joint being disposed within theperforations 17 and 20 of the side 4 and the plate 19 respectively andit obvious that by reason of the loose mounting of the short shaft 35,in the sliding block 40, and the sliding movement permitted of thelatter between the said guides 43 and 44 that a vertical adjustment ormovement of the short shaft 35 is permitted.

From the foregoing, it will be understood that the body 1 of the washingmachine is journaled for oscillation in the aforesaid hangers orbearings 13 and 14 of the frame. Now in order that this body 1 may beoscillated, I provide a peculiarly formed rack 46 upon one end of thebody 1. This rack 46 comprises opposing parallel portions arranged inarc'shape about the corresponding trunnion 17, the ends of the saidareshaped rack 46 being connected as indicated by the referencecharacter 47. Formed in the end of the body 1 intermediate the opposingparallel toothed portions of the rack is a suitable guide 48 whichcomprises spaced parallel grooves as shown, with their ends connected at49.

It will be seen that the pinion 39 secured to the ex tremity of theshort shaft 35 is fitted for mesh with the opposing portions of the rack46 with its extremity engaged in the guide-way 48. Therefore, when theshaft 29 is rotated through the instrumentality of a crank handle (notshown) or a motor (not shown), the gear wheel 28 is caused to rotate andin turn cause a rotation of the pinion 39. Since the teeth of the pinion39 mesh with the' teeth of the arc-shaped rack 46,

the body 1 is caused to turn in one direction. How ever, when one end 47of the arc-shaped rack engages the said pinion 39, it is obvious that byreason of the teeth of the rack, and the teeth of the pinion and theextremity of the shaft 35 working in the guide 48 that the body 1 willbereversed in movement even though neither the short shaft 35 nor theshort shaft 30 are reversed. It will thus be seen that the body 1 isoscillated through the' instrumentality of a continuously rotating shaftand pinion connection.

A soap receptacle 49 is secured in any suitable manner to the back ofthe frame with its ends 50secured to the sides 3and 4 of the frame andalso to a suitable strip 51 which bridges the rear of the sides 3 and 4to which strip is also connected another strip to bridge the spacebetween the outer wall of the soap receptacle and the cylindrical shapedbottom of the frame.

It will be obvious that the drippi'ngs from the soap will fall betweenthe cylinder and its frame and, together with the drippings from thecylinder itself which escape through the perforations 52 therein, willpass out through the pipe 12. The cylinder is further provided with ahinged door 53, while the frame is likewise provided with a door 54similarly mounted, the frame door being in practice somewhat larger thanthat of the cylinder.

What-is claimed is:

A washing machine comprising a frame; a clothes receiving cylindermounted for movement within said frame; an arc-shaped rack disposed uponone end of said cylinder, and comprising inner and outer parallelmembers connected at their ends and spaced apart intermediate theirends, said cylinder end having an arc-shaped guide formed in its outerface in registration with the space between said rack members; an innerand an outer shaft mounted for rotation through one end of said frame; apair of vertically disposed curved guides secured to the inner face ofsaid frame end on opposite sides of the inner shaft; a guide-bloekcarried by said inner shaft, and adapted to travel between said curvedguides; a pinion mounted upon said inner shaft in advance of said guideblock and in engagement with said ra-ck, said inner shaft having itsextremity extending between the members of said rack into saidarc-shaped guides; a universatjoint connection between said inner andouter shafts and means for rotating the shafts in one direction, wherebythe cylinder may be oscillated.

In testimony whereof, I aifix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

CALVIN A. SHIVE. Witnesses B. S. TURNER, M. F. TAYLOR.

